Improvement in firemen s caps



P; ACKERMAN.

Firemans Cap.

Flo-128,451. Patentedjuly 2,1 872.

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IMPROVEMENT lNv FIREMENSCAPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 128,461, dated July 2,1872. v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, PETER ACKERMAN, of Bangor, in the county ofPenobscot and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful FiremansCap and I hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of thisspecifieation- Which shows a front View of my device at Figure 1, and atFig. 2 its appearance when attached to a hat.

The object of my invention is to protect firemen against smoke and flamewhen entering a'burning building for the purpose of saving life orproperty. The smoke in such cases is frequently so dense as to preventaccess to goods or furniture, which have consequently to be abandoned.In order to overcome this I provide a hood of woolen or other suitablesubstance, which is drawn over the face and head. This keeps the smokefrom the eyes and lungs, and yet permits sufficient air to pass throughfor breathing purposes. It is provided with eye-holes c vered with glassor isinglass,

(preferably the latter, as being less liable to c, it will be sure toretain the hood in the top of the hat when not in use.

This device is capable of application to many other useful purposes byvarying thematerial of which the hood is made. The seams are made flat,so as not to hurt the head when the hat is put on over the hood.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The protector, as-deseribed, eonsistin g of the hood at, havingisinglass Windows for the eyes 1) I), and fastening beneath the chin, asset forth, either alone or in combination with a hat, as

' specified.

1" E'lltlt AU KERMAN.

W'itnesse's:

J. Y. Brenna,

WM. FRANKLIN Snnvn 1.

